DISH RESEARCH · Dessert
Ballokume
Albanian cornmeal cookies made with butter, sugar and eggs.
About Ballokume
Ballokume is represented by Albanian dairy producer Erzeni's four-ingredient recipe. Cornmeal, butter, sugar and whole eggs form the selected dough, preserving the familiar Albanian cookie formula without extra flavourings.
Butter supplies a rich dairy flavour against the sweetness of sugar. Cornmeal gives the dough its distinctive maize character, while eggs bind the mixture and contribute to its golden colour.
The cookies are rounded and left unflattened, expanding into individual baked portions. The egg-enriched mixture has a golden colour before baking, while cornmeal gives the dough its body.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Ballokume
Erzeni's four-ingredient Albanian ballokume.
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Erzeni butter: Milk. Broader dairy-butter candidate; named Erzeni product and source removal of white residue retained without treating it as allergen removal.
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Eggs: Egg
- Cornmeal: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Origins & food traditions
Albanian ballokume as published by the local dairy producer Erzeni.
Countries
- Albania
- AlbaniaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Albanian Cuisine
- Albanian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.